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E SUMTER WATCHMAN, Established April, 1850.
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?WP ALEXANDER
COKE SMITH DEAD,
32 SUCCUMBS AFTER A LINGER?
ING ILLNESS.
WAS ? H?TIVE OF SUNTER.
iecied Bishop is 1892, While Pastor
o? Epworth Church, Norfolk Ya.
Had Removed to Asheville for His
Health.
Asheville, N. C., Dec. 27.-Bishop
Coke Smith of the Methodist Epis
pal Church, South, died tonignt aft
a lingering illness, although his
.ath was unexpected. He was 57
irs of age, having been born in
nehburg, S. C., in 1849. He grad
ted from Wofford college, Spartan
rg, S. C., in 1873 and immediately
ned the South Carolina conference.
i was pastor at Cheraw, Columbia,
larleston and :other South Carolina
mts. He was at different times a
ember of the faculties of Vander
It and W;offord. While pastor of
pworth church, Norfolk, Va., in
02, he was elected bishop. Two
ars ago he removed to Asheville for
s health.
Sketch of Bishop . Smith's l?Xe.
Alexander Coke ^inith, son of Rev/
'i??iam H. Smith and Mary I Smith,
as born in Sumter county, Sept. 16,
?',49. No boy was-ever more greatly
.essed along the line of home influ
ices than he. With such parents, it
ould have been difficult for him to
ive been anything but a good boy.
e had access to the common schools
: the community in his early years,
?th a good preparatory work thus
.ne, he entered Wofford college in
itober, 186 S, from which institution
? graduated in June, 1872. His'col
re. record was one of great success
d pou?arity. "Coke Smith" was
ivays a f ave rite in college and the
.endships then formed have deep?
ed as the yiars have, gone by. .
When he graduated, he wa^ admit
i into the South Carolina confer?
ee and was., sent to Cheraw. The
st year hg-\Vas sent to Washington
reet chiu^-y -Columbia, where he
mained tl e years.- In December.
76. he wei to Buncombe Street
urch, Greens le, where he remained
ur years. D\ in g the years ISSI,
$2 and 18S3 >ne was' at Trinity
.urch, Charleston, t the conference
IS S3 r he was sent to the Columbia
strict as presiding elder. In June,
.??>. he v:2js elected to the chair oi
ental and moral philosophy in Wof
rd college, which place he filled for
ur years. At the general conference
' 1890, held in St. Louis,: he was
ected one of the missionary secre?
cies of the church. This place he
. -signed in July of the same year tc
.capt the chair of practical theology
Vanderbilt university. After re
ainmg there for two years he re
gned this place to return to th,e pas
ral work! At that time, 1892, Rev
E. Evans having left the Method
t church, the pulpit of Granby
:reet church, Norfolk, fell vacanl
id he was invited to fill the vacancj
nil conference. When conference
?nvened in Norfolk in 1892 the
ficial body-of that church requestec
ishop Hendrix to transfer him tc
:e Virginia conference and statior
m at Qranby Street, which the bish
) did. Under his pastorate Epworti
lurch, Norfolk, one of the mosi
jautifui church edifices in the soutfc
as built
In November, 1895, he was sent- ic
>urt Street, Lynchburg, Va,\ wh?
? successfully labored for four y^
ter which he was retcrned to j&
orth church, Norfolk.
On pee. 22; 1875, Dr. Srnil
arried to Miss late Kim9
;rry. Of the children
arriage the following^
g: Mary Louise,
iward Ehrlich, Afy
cLeod, Henry
5ke and a baby.
Dr. Smith w?
suth Carolina
a delegate to the general conference
of the church. He was also elected
as a delegate from the Virginia con?
ference in 1394 and also' in 1898, and
at the latter conference was chairman
o? the committee on Epworth League.
As a preacher Dr. Smith ranked with
tl e foremost of our land. His ser?
mons evinced great thought and wide
range of information. But the most
salient characteristic was the'magnet?
ic influence he wielded over his audi?
ence. His eloquence was at times
sublime, but it was never studied or
rapid word-painting. The secret of
Dr. Smith's pulpit power was in his
sympathetic souL He loved his fel?
lowman and shared his sorrows and
his joys with, a depth that one rarely
finds.
In the social circle Dr. Smith had
few equals, being unaffected in man?
ner and possessing a sense of humor
and a resource of anecdote that made
him the centre of attraction wherev?
er he went. Appreciating his worth, j
Virginia Methodists, both preachers
and people, did not fail to honor him j
with their confidence and love.
BISHOP SMITH'S BURIAL.
The Body Carried to Norfolk, Va.,
for Interment.
Asheville, N. C., Dec. 28.-The re?
mains of Bishop A. Coke Smith of
the South ern Methodist church, who
died bere suddenly . last night, were
taken/to Norfolk, Va, this afternoon,
accompanied by members of the fam?
ily and a representative from Central
Methodist church, this city, and a
representative from the Asheville dis- j
trict. The repr?sent?mes were Frank
M, Weaver and Presiding Elder Ply
ler.
There were no funeral services held
here.
The remains were taken direct from
the late residence on Merrimon ave?
nue to the passenger station. * The
funeral service, it is understood here,
will be conducted at Norfolk tomor?
row afternoon. The interment will
be at that place.
SHORT OF FUNDS
The State Must Pay Interest on Bonds
Within a Pew Days and Money is
Not on Hand.
Columbia, Dec. 29.-Just now the
State of South Carolina is in the po?
sition of a man who owes just twice
the amount he has, with the prospect
of an early call for the settlement of
the debt In fact the State owes
abo?2t $150,000 for interest and $150,
{ 000 for a note for interest past due
id "has about $150,000 on hand. The
taxes are coming in slower than ever
before and in fact collections are
$125,000 behind the figures of last
year.
The" State has borrowed so far
about $323>00Q and the treasurer was
hoping that* it would not be necessary
to borrow the full $500,000 allowed
Uy law as has been the case every
year. It will, however, be necessary
to obtain another loan unless the
money comes in-unusually fast today
j and there is little probability of that
j happe^g.
To make matters worse money is
now loaned in N^vv/lCbrk at the high
.rate offabout 10. per cent, per annum
against 3 per cent at the same time
last year, which means that even for
a short time they 'will be high and
that a loan of $150,000 for 12 months
would cost the State $10,500 more
than it would have done last year.
The old"hote which the State will
have to take up Tuesday is for inter?
est accruing in June^when the paye?
ments on South Carolina stocks and
bonds were due.
SOUTHERN COTTON CONGRESS.
Growers and Users to Discuss the Sit?
uation-A Chance for Columbia.
Boston, Dec. 27.-A call for a sec?
ond conference of the growers of cot?
ton of this country and the cottorr
manufacturers has been sent bu^
James R. McColl, the
National Association of
facturers. The " confer
for the general disci
TWO SCORE KILLED.
TERRIBLE RAILROAD WRECK OX
B. AND. Ch RAILROAD.
A Long List of Dead and Injured
The Accident Occurred Only Three
Miles From Washington City.
Washington, Dec./ 30.-An appalling,
disaster occurred tonight at 7 o'clock
on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad at
Terra Cotta, about three mile# from
this city, in which about 38 persons
were killed and over 60 injured, some
of them so seriously that they will
die.
The accident I was caused by the
collision of train No. 66, due here at
6.25 p. m., from Frederick, Md.,
known as the Frederick Special, with
a deadhead passenger equipment spe?
cial of eight cars. Over 200 passen*
gers were aboard the ill-fated ttrain.*]
The railway officials late tonight were
unable to assign any cause for the
collision. As soon as the news of the
wreck reached this city all ambu?
lances available with as many phy?
sicians as could be assembled ' were
sent to the scene.
Of the injured seven were taken to
Freedman's hospital, 15 to the United
States Soldiers' Home hospital, and 20
have been brought into the city on a
special train to be carried to various
hospitals. Among the injured was Dis?
trict Attorney Baker of this cit^ who,
despite his injuries, walked almost
two miles to Brookland and brought
the first news of the wreck. He was
completely exhausted and after med?
ical treatment was sent to the city.
THE HORROR GROWS.
At Least Forty KilleiV-Track Strewn
With Dismembered Bodies for Half
a Mile. \. : "
Washington, Dec. 31.-The latest
estimate says that 40 were killed hi
the wreck just outside of this city last
evening and 80 injured. The exact
number- of dead is difficult to learn,
a? -rtismerr.beve? - - V? -I ' ?s~ '^ter^^^r.Ty
I along the track for half a.mifej. " '
The railroad officials w$?r> ^jjjfj&r a
rigid investigation of *he wreck in
Baltimore today, to be conducted
openly, and the results announced as
soon as possible.
The officials of the Baltimore-, and
|:-Ohio are unable to aplace th? bSftme
now. . Milton W. Phillips, the ope?
rator at Tacoma, the last signal sta?
tion that the extra train passed before
hitting the accommodation, has^oeen
exonorated. General Superintendent
today intimated that the blame would
probably rest on the engineer and
crew of the extra train. Five of the
extra crew have been arested.
A DAY OF FUNERALS IN WASH?
INGTON.
The Sunday Night Horror Still Unex?
plained-Blame Rests on Either the
Engineer Or the Block Station Ope
rat-Operator Released On $10,
000 Bond.
Washington, Jan-. 1.-This is a sad
New Year here in many homes. This
morning the funerals of the forty-five
.victims of the Sunday night horror at
Terra-Cotta began to be held. The
vhearses were busy all day. Many of
the bodies are so badly mangled that
the relatives will not see them.
- ^.The blame for the wreck rests on
either Harry B. Hilderbrand, the en?
gineer of the extra train, which crash?
ed into the rear of the local or Milton
W. Phillips, the operator at Tacoma
station. Phillips has been released on
$10,000 bail, but Hildebrand is still
iield. Engineer Hildebrand declares
he vsaw no light at that station.
The coroner today took the jury to
thevSsaene of the accident to familiar?
ize them, wiih the surroundings,
.^.he latest, list. of the casualties
g??es th?j^r?jbber of dead as 43 identi
vS?3, tj^^^identified ; missing, six.
Tbe.-v".ggj l^injured are sixty-six. In
J^fe?3ifaospital, twenty four.
rs UP ' SEA
^session of the
Passengers
the Conduc
31.-At 2.40
Seaboard Air
a most dar
.s from here,
[passenger, ?p
boarded the
^ placed a pis1
Jporter, forcing
the sleeper.
fcm a passen
I tempted to
;got away
conduc
1
COL. BOYD PARALYZED.
Adjutant and Inspector General-Elect
Becomes Dil in Greenville.
Greenville, Dec. 31.-Col. John
C. Boyd, Adjutant and Inspector Gen?
eral-elect, was stricken with paralysis
this afternoon between 4 and 5 o'clock
while he was visiting: his daughter on
College street. He was quickly re?
moved ip his apartments at the Nor?
mandie Hotel, where he is resting
quietly this evening.
Coi. Boyd came to Greenville from j
Columbia several days ago to spend
Christmas. He has been on the
streets every day and was out on the
streets at 4 o'clock this afternoon
looking well. The stroke was very
sudden.
In speakng of his condition tonight,
the attending physician said that
he considered Col Boyd seriously ill
and doubts very much if he will be
able to -take the oath of office on Jan?
nary 15. The attack was on the
right side, and that side is utterly
helpless this evening. The Colonel has
been conscious at all times since the
stroke, and said tonight that he had
been feeling unwell only today.
THE SAN FRANCISCO CASE.
IWashington, Dec. 28.-A confer?
ence wa*$ held today between Attor?
ney General Bonaparte and United
States Attorney Robt. Devlin, of San
Francisco, regarding the Japanese
disturbance there. Mr. Devlin has
charge of the suit which the govern?
ment intends instituting in the courts
to test the authority of the San Fran?
cisco school board to exclude the
Japs from the white schools, f
MR. 3IARJENHOFF DROPS DEAD.
Charleston, Dec. 27.-Fire Chief O.
G. Mar jenhoff, for 12 years at the
head of the Charleston fire depart?
ment and ex-officer of the National
Association of Fire Engineers, a fre?
quent. contributor to firemen's and
insurance publications,; dropped dead
- ~?t midnight at his hc|S^coming in
after a.battle with a f||fiblesome fire
just as the four taps of the fire bells
announced to the city "Fire out." He
was about 60 years of age and was
very highly1 regarded for bis Intelli?
gence and splendid ability as a fire
fighter. He leaves a large family.
SUICIDE AT NIAGARA.
Niagara Falls, N. T., Dec. 28.-A
woman who is supposed to be Mary
Hagen, of Buffalo, committed suicide
this morning by jumping into the
river five hundred- feet above the
American falls. She was swept over
the brink in view of several people.
The woman took off her cape and laid
it beside a satchel in which was
$2.50. She then waded into the
stream. James Van Slyke, of St
Louis, saw her, but could not reach
the spot in time to prevent the deed.
STARVED IN NEW JERSEY.
A Sad Case of Suffering and Death in
a Northern State.
Pleasantville, N. J., Dec. 28.-After
three days of untold suffering, shut
up in his little home where his wife
and mother had died of starvation
and cold, freezing and without f^od,
Frederick Rocher and five little chil?
dren were recued last night. Rocher,
crazed by his misery, was 'pacing the
floor while the frightened children
were huddled in ? corner, when the
terrible ' plight of the unfortunates
was discovered.
Their neighbors observing no signs
of life about the house, began an in?
vestigation. Rocher would not leave
his wife and the children were too
young to understand what was wrong.
Mrs. Rocher and . the ^husband's
reason fled and the children were
afraid to move lest it cause their fa?
ther to turn onithem.
GET RID OF NEGROES.
3fovement to Have Congress Rid the
Army of all Negro Troops Gaining
Ground. ?j
Washington, Dec. 2$.-Congress j
will be urged to rid the army of all
negro troops when it next takes up
the Brownville affair. Army officers
and members7 of congress ??re giving
the matter much thought. Only four
regiments would be affected. The
suggestion grows out of the fac? that
ever since the incident leading to the
Brownville troop discharge, a *Wave
crime seems to have swept over
negro troops.
The election of Henry C. Frick to
Pennsyl/ania railroad director
is regarded as a step prelimi
to his assuriftng the helm* .
BREAKS ALL RECORDS.
Business For 1906 Was Greatest in
Commercial History - Consumers
Convinced of Permanency of mgh
Prices,
Dew York, Dec. 28.-Bradstreet's
tomorrow will say:
With an unparalleled volume of
business for 1&6, crowned, by a rec?
ord holiday trade, and a heavier vol?
ume of future orders booked than ev?
er before, the commercial and indus?
trial interests of the country look for?
ward wi th confidence to the develop?
ments ol 1907.
Holiday suspensions in the iron and
steel, textile and various other indus?
trial lines were of short duration, ow?
ing to the mills being so well sold
ahead. Current jobbing and whole?
sale trade is of the filling in order
character, and while a cold snap early
in the week helped retail trade in
seasonal ?le goods, the weather cn the
whole has been too mild for the full?
est developments. Money continues
firm and active, hut easier conditions
are looked for after the turn of the
new year. Car shortages still prevail,
though the situation is somewhat bet?
ter.
One of the most significant features
in the entire situation is that con?
sumers are apparently cor.vinoicl ol
the permanency of present high prices
and, as shown- by advance orders, are
disposed to order ahead with liberal?
ity and confidence.
Buying of pig iron for delivery in
the second half of 1907 is increasing
in volume. A significant feature, is
the fact that buyers appear disposed
to accept 'the present high level of
prices, the feeling in this respect be?
ing in sharp contrast to that display?
ed earlj' in the summer, when there
was a tendency to/question the per?
manency of high quotations.
Raw sugars at New York have re?
ceded to a level corresponding to the
quotations for new crop Cuban sugar,
dropping from 3.875 cents to 3.58
cents (30 points) without sales. Cu?
ban production is very large, fore?
shadowing- ? - T<, ?ord ( crop . desp-ftb
scarcity of labor. ^B?et sugar pro due*.
|tion this year exceeded that of Louis?
iana cane.
' The liquor distilling trade reports
several features of interest. New
business is -seasonably ' ? quiet, but
whiskey distillers are busy on orders,
and Kintucky distilleries never had
so much business.
Business failures for the week end?
ing Deo ember 27 in the United States
number 161 against 227 last week.
HOW WILLIE J. WTTHERSPCON
WAS KILLED.
Passenger Train Dashed Into Loose
Freist Cars North of Raleigh. -
Raleigh, N. C., Dec. 25.-Willie J.
Witherspoon, flagman oh the Sea?
board Air Line, was killed in a wreck
just north of Raleigh this morning,
in which passenger train No. 84,
northbound, ran into4 a number of
freight oars and a caboose which, had,
in some way, gotten out of the
freight yard at johnston Street Sta?
tion on to the Seaboard main line.
The engineer and a number of the
other trainmen and express and mail
clerks had . narrow escapes, but no
one else was* seriously hurt, exc?pt
Captain W. B. Til'man and Er*g*neer
Ashworth. . ''
Witherspoon was ir. the caboose of
the stray section of freight asleep
when the engine of the passenger
train clashed into it he not having
been awakened by the movement of
his cars on their "wild" run out of
the yard.
The accident caused a serious block
in travel. It was necessary to send
the second section of Passenger
Trains No. 84 and No. SI over the
Southern railroad via Durham to get
back on the Seaboard main line at
Henderson. Other ? lbval Seaboard
trains were delayed six hours by th?
wreck.-Richmond Times-Dispatch.
BRYAN STILL RUNNING.
?* . ?
Doesn't Think Any Citizen Could De
s cline Such an Honor.
Topeka, Kan., Dec. 27.-In an in
cerview today William J. Bryan -vir?
tually admitted that he would be a
candidate for the presidential nomi?
nation before the next Democratic na?
tion convention. -
"While I have not yet announced
that I would be a candidate/* said
Mr. Bryan, "I have not stated that' I
would not be a candidate: Such a
high honor as the presidential-'nomi?
nation is something that no American
citizen should decline."
Mr. Bryan said there was no foun?
dation for the story to the effect that
he would, if nominated, favor the iie
?ection of Senator William J. 55tone of
Missouri as chairman of the Demo?
cratic national committee.
CASSATT DIED SUDDENLY*
The President of the Pennsylvania
Railroad Has Passed Away.
Philadelphia, Dec. 28.-Alexander^
Johnstone Cassatt, president of ther
Pennsylvania Railroad, and one ofr
the foremost railroad men and finan-,
ciers in the country, died suddenly at
his residence today.
Mr. Cassatt, who was a little more?
than 67 years of age, was stricken,
with heart disease shortly before 1 ,
o'clock and died before assistance
could 1>e given him. He was a victim,
of an acute heart attack, known pra^
fessio nally as "the Stokes-Adam&
symbrone." >
Though Mr. Cassatt's death wa&
entirely unexpected he had been tut
ill health for nearly a year. His cont?
ention was aggravated by an 'at?bete
of whooping cough, which he con?
tracted from his grandchildren while*
at Bar Harbor in September. He
never entirely recovered from the?
effects of the attack and when he re?
turned to Philadelphia he remained*
for several weelcs at his country homer
in Haverford before he resumed bia:
arduous duties, in connnection with*
the management of the. railroad and:
its allied interests.
Shortly before 1 o'clock, while sit?
ting- in a chair in his apartments, he*
suffered an acute heart attack and
became unconscious. His wife andr
daughter, Mrs. Plunkett Stewart*,
were with him, and his physician, Dr*.
J. H.* Musser, was summoned, but he
was dead when the physician arrived*
(Dr. Musser-*aid that death had been,
almost instantaneous.
Aside from being the head of tho*
Pennsylvania, Mr. Cassatt was presi?
dent of six other companies, and a di?
rector * in 23 concerns, principally',
transportation companies, banks andi
trust companies. His wealth is esti- .
mated at between $50,000,Q(W) anet
$75,000,000.
Mr. Cassatt was born in Pittsburg,
in/1839, was educated in Germany
j and at the New York Polytecnic In
i. st"tu.tOi--He -enies, ed -the -service- oX thy
Pennsylvania in 1861 as a
In 1867 he -became superintendent
motive power and machinery, and
1878 became general superintend
for the. Pennsylvania system. Fr
this time on his rise was-rapid an
1880 he had become first vice
dent In 1882 he resigned
not again hold an official posi
the company until he was el
{the presidency of the com
589. Mr. Cassatt began nis J%?
jroad career in the engineeringx-de
. \ partmeht" and never lost his interest. :
in that , branch, and the planning and
-starting of .the great New .York' city,
tunnel . system for the company wds .
due to him. Mr. Cassatt had'"resided..:
in Philadelphia :or many years andr
his family had been very prominent
socially in this city.
VICE PRESIDENT OF PENNSYL?
VANIA RAILROAD PROMOTED.
Henry C. Frick, Millionaire Steel Man,
Offered the Position, But Declined.
Election in Favor of McCrea.
Philadelphia, Jan. 1.-James Mc?
crea, first vice president of of the
Pennsylvania System, will be elected:
today to succeed Alexander J. Cassatt^,
as president of the F?nnslyvania. rail-,
road, at a meeting of the board of di?
rectors.
Henry C. Frick, .the Pittsburg steel,
magnate, would have been elected had
he desired the place... but he would not
consent to take the office. Frick is.
the largest shareholder *in the road:
and is for McCrea for president
DEATH OF CASSATT GIVES ROCK?
EFELLER DESIRED OPPOR?
TUNITY.
New York, ian. I.-r-It is confident
ly belived in Wall street that the
Pennsylvania system will now gasa',
under standard Oil control since Cas?
satt's death. President Cassatt balk?
ed every- effort of Rockefeller to seizo
the Pennsylvania.
Frieze will now-be the dominating^
force in Pennsylvania affairs- and it
is believed that through him- the
Rockefeller interests will at last pre?
vail. .
CLEVELAND IMPROVLNG.
Princeton, N. J., Dec. 31.-There
was an improvement today in the
condition of ex-President. Cleveland,
who fias been sei'ously ill for over a
week. His physician says he hopes;
for his recovery in about a week. Mr*.
Cleveland is suffering from an attack
of acute indigestion.
Wesley M. Oler, president of the
American Ice company, is quoted a*
saying there will be a big crop, but
he canot hold out any hope of lower
prices. -